Ticket printing and distributing machine



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UNITED STATES JAMES M. ZWEIMAN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

yTICKET PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

Application filed April 11, 1922.

To all whom t may cof/1.0mm

Be it known that JAMES M. ZWEIMAN, a citizen of Russia, residing atBrooklyn, New York, has invented a new and useful lmprovement in TicketPrinting and Distributing Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in ticket machines and has forits object to provide a machine of that character, which is adapted tohold a supply of paper, and which may be operated to first feed andprint a length of the paper and then cut off the completed ticket, andat the same time registering the total number of tickets discharged fromthe machine.

In connection with self service restaurants, for example, the presentmachine may be used to print and distribute tickets according to anyconventional form, the said tickets being presented and punched inreturn for food.

Further objects of the invention are first,

to provide a machine of this character,

which is simple in construction, and which may be operated by one singlemovement of a lever, and second to arrange the parts of the device so asto give ready access thereto when it is necessary to replace printingrolls and a new supply of paper.

The invention is fully described in the following specification and setforth in the appended claims, and clearly illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevational view ofthe ticket machine showing parts broken away to disclose otherwisehidden elements.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the ticket machine.

Fig. 3 is a substantially sectional view through the invention and takenon the lines 3--3 of Fig. 2.

shallow and accommodates the tabulating mechanism 15 and printingactuating gear 16. The chamber 15, shown in Fig. 3 accommodates therollof paper 17, from which the tickets are printed and out.

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Mounted in the extension 11 and operatively connected to the printinggearing 16 is the cutter 18 and spring actuated plunger 19 for resettingthe mechanism.

The printing device comprises a type roller 2O mounted transversely ofthe upper portion of the chamber' 15 and supported in suitable bearingsin the casing 10. This roller may be provided with a continuous rubberor metal type denoting the conven tional form of the ticket to beprinted, or as the case may be, the type may consist of insertable slugsbearing dates or characters by means of which the checks or tickets maybe identified. Movable with the type roller 20 are the impression andink rollers 21 and 22, the said rollers being disposed at oppositelsides of thetype roller and operated from a gear 23 on a shaft 24supporting the type roller by means of gears 25 and 26 mounted on theimpression and ink rollers 21 and 22, respectively, see Figure 3. Theopposite end of the shaft 24 projects into the chamber 14 and receives aInutilated gear 27 and single toothed wheel 2S, the former beingprovided with a stop bar 29 adapted to limit rotation of the wheel orgear 27 to a certain number' of degrees determined by the length of themutilated portion of the gear itself, as hereinafter explained.

Movable longitudinally of the casing 10 through the upper portion of thechamber 14.- and extension 11 is the cutter and print roller actuatingmechanism, which com prises an axially movable tooth bar or rack 3() theteeth of which are adapted to mesh with those of the mutilated gear 27.The forward end of the rack bar 30 projects through thecasing 10 and isprovided with an angular projection 31, which is used to operate themechanism, and a downwardly projecting portion 32, which is bent back atits end to lie parallel with the rack 30 and in the path of arcuatemovement of the stop bar 29 when the mechanism is in rest posi* tion,shown in Figure 1. The rear projeci tion of the rack 30 consists in aslide member or bar 33 which extends throughout the length of theextension 11 and is then bent at right angles and provided with an opening 311 adapted to receive a fix guide rod 25 therethrough. The rod 35is mounted at one end in the rear wall of the extension 11 and at itsopposite end in a fixed block 36. Coiled about the yrod 35 and engagedat one end Y against the block 86 and at the other end against thesurrounding bent end portion of the slide bar 33 adjacent the opening34, is a compression spring 37 adapted to rest normally expanded and tobe brought under compression when the mechanism is in operation and thehandle or angular projection 31 is drawn outwardly. Carried by the slidebar 33 is the cutter 18 comprising an angle piece 38 supporting acutting blade As previously stated, the roll of paper 17 is mounted inthe chamber 15 on a stud pin 40v projecting from the partition 13, andthe paper is threaded upwardly between the type roller 2O and theimpression roller 21 and thereafter' between parallel guide plates 41.These plates 41 consist of two metal members, of which one is mountednearer the cutter 18 and is provided with a slot 42 to. receive theknife 39 as it moves towards the front end of the machine. This plate isbent at right angles at the lower end thereof and mounted on ythe upperedges of the outside wall of the casing and partition 13. The otherplate is spaced slightly away from the first plate andsecured to aportion of the casing 10. rllhe ticket after being fed, printed and cutis projecting out of the space between the two plates 41, as shown inFigure 3.

In order to calculate the number 0f tickets produced by the machine, thetabulating mechanism mounted in the chamber 14 is operatively connectedwith the printing mechanism, and comprises a pair of num.

bored discs 44 and 45. These discs are mounted on studs 46 and 47projecting into the chamber 14 from the partition 13 and one overlapsthe other to bring their respective numbers along a common cord in orderthat they may read through the small port 48 provided in the side wallof the casing 10. For each number on the larger' disc 44 there is acorresponding tooth cna gear wheel 49 which is mounted on the stud 46and movable with the disc itself. The numbers on this disc 44 areconsecutively arranged about a circle, and from 1 to 1GO.. At the radiusthrough the 10.0 mark and projecting beyond the path of the teeth ofthegear wheel 59 is a Single tooth 50 carried by the latter. The tooth50 as it moves through the circular path engages consecutive teeth of agear 51 movable about the stud 427. and with the disc 4f. Therefore,each revolution ofthe disc 44, the smaller disc 45 will move thedistance of one tooth., in which case a third or hundred unit willcombine with the numerals on the other disc to present the reading, inthe hundreds, atthe port 48.

It has been found necessary when a change in the type. on the roller 2,0is to be made or a, new ink roller 2 2 is to, he insertedhto providsy aSlidel @over 52j, Whish may be readily inmate removed at any timewithout disturbing the remainingv portion of the machine.

The invention operates as follows: fissinning a ticket is to bedistributed, the oreratoi pulls outwardly on the handle 31 whereby theside bar 3:33 moves against the serine' to compress the latter. liliththe .outward movement of the slide bar and raclr bar 3) the teeth of thelatter will rotate the mutilated 27 until the toothless portion movesinto the path of the raclr teeth. lotary movement of t ie gear 2i' willi turn the type roller D" and impreslilfew i se ,o sion roller 21 todraw a length of paper from the roll 1i'. The paper in its travelbetween these rollers receives an impression from the type on the rollerafter 't been inked by the ink roller 2&2. taneously with the feed ofthe strip or pager to its full length the blade 39 will have entered theslot 4&2 of the plates 41 and eut olf the ticket, which is projectedfrom the open end ot the plates 41. Vhen the 27 has been'operated tomove the toothless portion into the path of the raclr 30, furtheroperation of the parte effected by movement of the 24 will cease and thehandle 31 nay be released, whereupon the slide bar with the blade 39 andrack 30 will return to its initialposjition under power of the spring37. As the latter members move to their initial position the gear 27will remain stationary until the projection 32 engages the stop plate orbar 29 and moves the gear a su'liicient distance to bring its firsttooth into engagement with the teeth on the rack 30.

TWith rotary movement of the shaft 24 the wheel 28 having` the singletooth will rotate and the said tooth will en, age the teeth of thegear4f) and move the latter the distance of one tooth for each revolution ofthe wheel 28. This operation will turn the discs 44 and in the mannerpreviously described.

Having fully described the nature o lf the invention and its mode ofoperation, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. ln a machine of the character dcvscribe,f a ticket printingmember, acutting a type roller, an impression roller movable therewith and an inkroller in contact with said type, the combination with a mutilated gearmovable with said type roller, a raclr haiy teeth movable intoengagement witlsaid gear for rotating the latter predterlid mined amountto feed ticket material through the printing member, and a spring forreturning the rack to its initial position past the mutilated segment ofsaid gear without effecting movement in the latter.

3. In a machine of the cha-racter described, as claimed in claim 2,includinga blade carried by said rack member and capable of movementacross the path of travel of said ticket material to cut olf a ticketduring the final movement of the rack and simultaneously with the teethof the latter having become disengaged with the teeth of said mutilatedgear.

4:. In a machine of the character described, as claimed in claim 2,having a projection on Said mutilated gear, and a contact member carriedby said rack member and movable into engagement with said Contact memberto rotate the said gear to engage the first tooth beyond the toothlessportion into engagement of said rack.

5. In a machine `for printing and dispensing slips, the combination witha loosely mounted cylinder containingl a roll of ticket material, of aprinting device comprising a type roller and an impression roller toreceive the ticket material therebetween, and an operating mechanism forthe printing device comprising a mutilated gear carried by said typeroller, a rack in mesh with said gear and adapted to be movedlongitudinally thereof to rotate the gear and feed a length of ticketmaterial between the type and impression rollers, and means forretracting said rack to its initial position when the teeth of thelaftter are disengaged from the gear at the mutilated segment thereof.

6. An operating mechanism, as claimed in claim 5, in which the rackcomprises a tooth portion and an L shaped extension, a guide Spindleprojecting loosely through an Y arm of said L shaped member, saidspindle being adapted to receive said means for rei tracting said rackcomprising a coiled spring embracing the spindle and fixed at one endwhile the opposite end thereof yieldably bears against the last namedarm of the L shaped member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, JAMES M. ZwnIMAN has signed his name to thisspecification this 6th day of April, 1922.

JAMES M. ZWEIMAN.

